stu Posted 5 August 2022 Share Posted 5 August 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, ronnup said: The more I think about this the more it derails our season...if we get 85 mill we need to spend the lot, quickly. Kf we haven't got good deals in place already, and we may , but if we haven't, we're relegation fodder Not sure about relegation fodder, but it’s like last season all over again. There is little chance we were prepared for this after he signed a contract so recently, so not likely we have anyone lined up suitable as a replacement. Anyone incoming will be a panic buy, assuming Colwill is definitely off to Brighton. Edited 5 August 2022 by stu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the Hat Posted 5 August 2022 Share Posted 5 August 2022 This probably puts the brakes on Vestergard or Soyuncu going anywhere until we have at least one replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXYTALK Posted 5 August 2022 Share Posted 5 August 2022 £85 Milll + CHO on loan for the season I thinks. We get a reasonable fee plus a player whom brendan likes and fills a team need. Also get Chelsea to cover most of his wages. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted 5 August 2022 Share Posted 5 August 2022 (edited) Losing him at this point would be a huge hit. We'll have to buy a new center back that needs to come into the team and settle quickly. If we go for a younger player fitting our recruitment model then thats a big risk. So most likely a Vestergaard type signing. (Feck me that's depressing) Edited 5 August 2022 by TommyK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted 5 August 2022 Share Posted 5 August 2022 Goodbye Little Wes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westernpark Posted 5 August 2022 Share Posted 5 August 2022 The way I see it, if he’s pushing to go and having a mardy, get rid. However, if it’s a case of I want to go, but I’ll happily stay if they don’t offer enough, keep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudgerfox Posted 5 August 2022 Share Posted 5 August 2022 I think a statement from the club on our current situation is long overdue. We have left ourselves chronically vulnerable to losing our best players. I could see the whole spine of the team- Schmeichel, Fofana, Tielemans, Maddison having left by the end of August. There will be little time to find adequate replacements and an expensive and hostile market - no one wants to lose players this late in the transfer window. If we were going to let these players go why not force it to happen earlier? Why the hell is our Head of Recruitment on gardening leave? From last years summer transfer window - the club seems to have completely lost its way. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mozartfox Posted 5 August 2022 Popular Post Share Posted 5 August 2022 The real problem I can see looming is, we do not do panic buys very well. So more near future deadwood incoming. This late in the season is a recipe for disaster which is why we should dig our heels in. He signed 5 year contract 4 months ago ffs. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 5 August 2022 Share Posted 5 August 2022 Another season screwed before it starts even if we pull a rabbit it of a hat before the window shuts, ho one is going to just fit like a glove. That means the first ten games is a struggle and we have three of the top six in august. and we simply aren’t going to replace the aggression from the back that wes brings to the side which puts us on the front foot and is essential with the controlled possession brendan employs - bollux! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilton Fox Posted 5 August 2022 Share Posted 5 August 2022 36 minutes ago, ronnup said: Chances of us getting a Wes replacement and another CB or basically zero...we're in for a rough season We needed to get a defender in quickly last season and look what we ended up with… 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 5 August 2022 Share Posted 5 August 2022 2 minutes ago, smudgerfox said: I think a statement from the club on our current situation is long overdue. We have left ourselves chronically vulnerable to losing our best players. I could see the whole spine of the team- Schmeichel, Fofana, Tielemans, Maddison having left by the end of August. There will be little time to find adequate replacements and an expensive and hostile market - no one wants to lose players this late in the transfer window. If we were going to let these players go why not force it to happen earlier? Why the hell is our Head of Recruitment on gardening leave? From last years summer transfer window - the club seems to have completely lost its way. the club are not going to make any statements. There may be something from percy in September explaining the ffp impact of uefa’s new rules and how it affected us. and the new hor is in gardening leave because that means how it works. Soton would not want a competitor being strengthened during a window. They had the ability to enforce it and they did. tbh, if glover has some appropriate targets then he would have told us - nothing can be proven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chocolate Teapot Posted 5 August 2022 Share Posted 5 August 2022 85m rebuilds the total team, we can't say no to that. Probably gets us two wingers, a midfielder, a centre half and a goalkeeper with the amortisation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilton Fox Posted 5 August 2022 Share Posted 5 August 2022 So come this time next season we will have no fofana and soyunchu, Evans will be a year older and Ricardo will still be injured.. Never mind next season we could be without them in all in a months time.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 5 August 2022 Share Posted 5 August 2022 1 minute ago, Chocolate Teapot said: 85m rebuilds the total team, we can't say no to that. Probably gets us two wingers, a midfielder, a centre half and a goalkeeper with the amortisation. Where do we find the wages ? we have around 200k from kasper and wes. Can’t pay 5 players of the standard we need with 200k (unless they’re all under 23 y o and mainly from the continent) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahnsouff Posted 5 August 2022 Share Posted 5 August 2022 1 minute ago, st albans fox said: Where do we find the wages ? we have around 200k from kasper and wes. Can’t pay 5 players of the standard we need with 200k (unless they’re all under 23 y o and mainly from the continent) Selling/loaning others will pick up pace as the window moves towards closing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chocolate Teapot Posted 5 August 2022 Share Posted 5 August 2022 Just now, st albans fox said: Where do we find the wages ? we have around 200k from kasper and wes. Can’t pay 5 players of the standard we need with 200k (unless they’re all under 23 y o and mainly from the continent) The out of contracts next year. Hamza, Soyuncu, Perez, Bertrand. It would enable us to fund some of it this year so we get at least half off the wage bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu Posted 5 August 2022 Share Posted 5 August 2022 5 minutes ago, Chocolate Teapot said: 85m rebuilds the total team, we can't say no to that. Probably gets us two wingers, a midfielder, a centre half and a goalkeeper with the amortisation. …but we can’t register them all. Unless we shift the deadwood, same problem we’ve had all summer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 5 August 2022 Share Posted 5 August 2022 I think that we would look to include some loans from Chelsea alongside this deal if they have anyone we fancy and they will pay most of their wages That solves two problems for us that are v pressing for this season - players and wages. of course these may not get done immediately as we still have to get some of our own out before the window shuts but there could be agreements made now to be completed later in august Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chocolate Teapot Posted 5 August 2022 Share Posted 5 August 2022 Just now, stu said: …but we can’t register them all. Unless we shift the deadwood, same problem we’ve had all summer. We can register them. It just means we leave dome current players out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnup Posted 5 August 2022 Share Posted 5 August 2022 1 minute ago, st albans fox said: I think that we would look to include some loans from Chelsea alongside this deal if they have anyone we fancy and they will pay most of their wages That solves two problems for us that are v pressing for this season - players and wages. of course these may not get done immediately as we still have to get some of our own out before the window shuts but there could be agreements made now to be completed later in august Sarr is more than likely I'd say, perhaps Kennedy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 5 August 2022 Share Posted 5 August 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Chocolate Teapot said: The out of contracts next year. Hamza, Soyuncu, Perez, Bertrand. It would enable us to fund some of it this year so we get at least half off the wage bill. i asked the question in the ffp thread about just how much wriggle room we get based on the 600k per week wage saving next summer brings (that’s all nine btw). Remember that 2024 sees the ratio drop from 90 to 80% Edited 5 August 2022 by st albans fox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilton Fox Posted 5 August 2022 Share Posted 5 August 2022 5 minutes ago, Chocolate Teapot said: 85m rebuilds the total team, we can't say no to that. Probably gets us two wingers, a midfielder, a centre half and a goalkeeper with the amortisation. Even in best ever case scenario and we got a like for like replacement for Wes (best in the world youngster centre back) he cost us 35m… after paying the sell on clause to SE we’re left with £40m. To get 2 wingers, a centre back and a goalkeeper… no chance the squad gets improved with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 5 August 2022 Share Posted 5 August 2022 Just now, ronnup said: Sarr is more than likely I'd say, perhaps Kennedy? Sarr was going to Monaco …. I’m sure he’d prefer woodhouse eaves ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnup Posted 5 August 2022 Share Posted 5 August 2022 We need Soyuncu to return...if we end up playing 3 at the back with two strikers then at least Daka might get a chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staffs Fox Posted 5 August 2022 Share Posted 5 August 2022 (edited) If they pay the £85m then fair enough. The 2 most expensive defenders in world football will have been bought from Leicester City! Imagine thinking that 10 years ago, Of course I want him to stay but every player has his price and a world record fee appears to be his Edited 5 August 2022 by Staffs Fox 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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